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Re:Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers by sheept on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @11:23AM (#48556712)
As you alluded to, many Chromium forks (notable exception is Ungoogled) are backed by tech companies. There's already plenty of intentional changes they maintain in their forks, like Privacy Sandbox,[0] so I don't think preserving support for v2 is a large hurdle for them.

[0]: https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/10742158329613-W...

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Re:Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers by markstos on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @11:37AM (#48556954)
Google described Manifest V2 as significant tech debt with new bugs still found there. Either they are lying or it's a non-trivial feature set to continue to support.

So will be interesting to see how many other browsers actually do keep this support alive.

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Re:Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers by OkayPhysicist on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @12:17PM (#48557614)
A trillion dollar company? Lying? That's beyond the pale. Google has never done anything against my interests. They're always sooooooo honest in their communications.
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Re:Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers by garlicderek on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @12:48PM (#48558129)
oh, you sweet summer child
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Re:Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers by jrm4 on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @01:27PM (#48558728)
"Backed by tech companies"

Yup, huge red flag. Non-profit is the long-term way to go.

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Re:Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers by ranger_danger on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @11:39PM (#48565421)
The Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit, but people still find creative ways to crap all over them for some reason.

Someone else in this thread said they were "supporting the closed internet" by sending search queries to Google.

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Re:Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers by jrm4 on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @12:19PM (#48572632)
Yup, this kind of criticism happens all the time. It's good to point out -- but a lot of people treat it like a deal-killer, which is the height of naivete.
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